MOSPORT – ROUND 14 – RACE

Gutierrez Finishes Race in 2nd and is Rookie Champion and 2nd Overall in the Championship

	Esteban Guiterrez

Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada – Aug. 26, 2007… Daniel Morad (Eurointernational) ended the 2007 Formula BMW USA season as he began it – a winner. After clinching the Overall title yesterday with a fourth-place finish in Round 13, the 17-year old Canadian added a record sixth win today.

Morad led from the pole and was never passed in the 16-lap race at Mosport International Raceway, finishing .652 seconds ahead of season-long rival Esteban Gutierrez (Autotecnica). Morad set a new race record on lap nine with a 1:23.464 minute lap. 16-year old Gutierrez, from Monterrey, Mexico, won this season’s Rookie Championship earlier this month at Road America and finished second to Morad in the Overall point standings. He took a record nine poles this year, winning four times.
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MOSPORT – ROUND 13 & 14 – QUALIFYING

Gutierrez Scores Round 13 Pole, Morad Awarded Round 14 Pole

Round 13: Qualifying The three drivers that have found the top step of the Formula BMW USA podium this season will line up in the first three positions for Round 13. 2007 Rookie Champion Esteban Gutierrez (Autotecnica), of Monterrey, Mexico, recorded his record ninth pole of the season in Round 13 qualifying yesterday. His lap of 1:24.275 minutes around Mosport International Raceway’s 2.459-miles bested Overall point leader Daniel Morad (Eurointernational) by .322 seconds. This is the fifth time this season the two will face off from the front of the grid. Morad, a native of Toronto, has won five races to Gutierrez’s four and leads him by 67 points. Gutierrez clinched the Rookie title, won by Morad last season, in Round 12 at Road America on August 12th.
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